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Last year, for Black History Month, NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Edith Renfrow Smith of Chicago, who has died at 111 years old.

Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were in the country for a tournament when the Iran war began.

An inquiry found that a mass killing by a British teenager in 2024 at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class could have been prevented if his parents and state agencies had acted on his violence fixation.

With Roe vs. Wade unlikely to stand, New York lawmakers aim to protect the rights of both providers and patients — including patients who come to New York for services their home states have banned.

Abortion, guns, climate change and religion are just four of the topics the Supreme Court has yet to deal with. Opinions in those cases will be released later this summer.

Schools are open in Philadelphia, but tens of thousands of students have been sent home early this week because it's too hot in their unairconditioned classrooms.

Hoping to make the roster for the U.S. Men's National team going to the World Cup, Tim Ream knows there's a lot riding on the tournament, from playing well to growing a new generation of fans at home.

Ukrainian doctors are getting a crash course in lung transplants here in the U.S. Patients usually leave Ukraine for the surgery, but the war has increased the need for care back home.

A program in the state teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.

A small town near California's border with Mexico is home to an open air camp with few amenities — hundreds of migrants have been placed there while awaiting processing by U.S. officials.